In lexicologyРIn pragmaticsРknowledge about the language? linguistic context? knowledge about the linguistic environment? common sense? background knowledge social-cultural conventions? speech conventions? time & space of munication ? subject munication? formality munication? relationship of participants? mutual knowledgeРcontext of situationРextra-linguistic contextРcontextРIt is abstract and context-independent;Р it’s the literal meaning of a sentence.РIt is concrete and context-dependent; Р It’s the intended meaning of a speaker.Р It is the product of sentence meaning and context. Therefore, it is richer than the meaning of the sentence.Р(句子意义)Р(话语意义)РJane: Coffee??Steve: Sure!?Jane: White??Steve: Black.РWhat does X mean?РWhat do you mean by X?Р(4) Sentence meaning vs. utterance meaning